Clpa Xii New Branches of Auditing
Clpa Xii New Branches of Auditing
Clpa Xii New Branches of Auditing
1. Cost Audit
2. Management Audit
3. Performance Audit
4. Social Audit
1. To see whether there is any error of principles in cost accounting and fraud committed in cost
accounting.
2. To check whether the total cost of each product have been correctly ascertained.
4. To help the management by bringing their notice to inefficiency and wastages in the use of man, money,
material and machine.
5. To see that data and information furnished to various government agencies are authentive and reliable.
6. To see whether any undesirable practices has been adapted by the management.
ii. Decision Making:- Cost audit provides important data and on the basis of such data management can
take various decision such as make or buy products, pricing policy.
iii. Customers Benefits:- Effective and efficient cost audit decrease the cost of production and reduce the
price of the product which provides benefit to the customers.
iv. Creation of employment opportunities:- By eliminating wastages and generating additional fund, cost
audit helps to make new investment which is the need of the country for solving the present
unemployment problem.
v. Setting of Standard:- The audited cost can be used by association of various industries for compiling
standard cost of the product against which the individual firm may compiler than actual cost.
vi. Provide help to government:- cost audit helps the government to take necessary measures to improve
the efficiency of sick industrial units.
vii. Help to shareholders:- The cost audit enables shareholders to determine whether or not they are
getting fair return on their investment. It reflects managerial efficiency or inefficiency.
ii. Duplication of work:- It leads to the duplication of work because large are of working of financial and
cost audit are same.
iii. Burden of Additional cost:- It may be considered as burden to the company because of the additional
cost incurred on the cost audit.
iv. Confidentiality:- Conduct of cost audit by the outsider may be harmful to the interest of the company
as the confidentiality of cost accounts may not be maintained.
v. Non- availability of fixed standard:-Accounting procedures vary from business to business and thus
there is no fixed standard available before the auditor while conducting cost audit.
ii. To see whether the management audit is concerned with soundness and efficiency of management plan,
procedures and policy or not.
iii. To maximize the profit of an organization and minimize the loss of the business by pinpointing
management deficiencies in various areas. ( for this reason management audit is done).
i. Review of plans, policies and procedures:- Management audit review the plan, policies and procedure
and determine their effectiveness in attaining goal of the enterprise.
ii. Performance evaluation of management staff:- It evaluate the performance of management staff
holding various key position.
iii. Correction of plan, policies and procedures:- Management audit suggested how to rectify the defective
plans, policies and procedures, so that goal of the enterprise can be achieved.
iv. Increase overall efficiency:- By increasing overall efficiency the profitability of the business can be
improved and hence return of shareholders can be maximized.
v. Fine specific Problem:- It enable the management to find specific problem areas where managers are
unable to come out with fruitful solutions.
vi. Provide adequate measures:- It provide adequate measure for the extent to which the current
management controls are effective.
i. Decrease in worker’s enthusiasm:- With the help of management audit past performance of the
employees are evaluated and if any little deviation occurs, adverse criticism are made. This leads to hinder
the constructive thinking of those employees.
ii. Reluctant in introducing new system:- The management personal become dreaded of facing adverse
criticism. So, they are reluctant to introduce new system for increasing production. As such, they intend to
pay more attention to the preservation of books of accounts and other documents in case of adapting new
methods.
iii. Costly System:- This audit system appears to be very costly. The large concerns are able to adapt
management audit rather than the small ones.
iv. Excess Time consuming:- Generally management audit gives more concentration on maintaining books
of accounts rather than concentration on other factors. So, it consumes time of management.
v. Theoretical:- Management auditor cannot understand the practical problems. So, the suggestions
provided by them are theoretical but not practical. This might also lead to a conflict between organization
of the management as a whole.
iii. To identify those areas responsibility for low productivity and profitability.
iv. To see that quality of the product is as per requirement of the market.
iv. It helps to review whether the business has been able to reach its target and achieve its standard level
of performance.
v. It helps the management to exercise proper control so that the business can run efficiently and
competitively.
vi. It helps to detect defects and limitation in plan budget and standard.
iv. It creates unnecessary disturbance in the normal working of companies. Hence, it is a very time
consuming.
v. It is a post-mortem audit i.e. examination of the events of what have already been occurred.
vi. It create unhealthy atmosphere in the organization due to competition among the employees in
achieving the desired goal.
Social audit is a new concept and has emerged out of growing awareness of the responsibilities of the
business towards the society.
i. To check whether the investment of shareholder is safe and secured and whether the shareholder got
adequate return on their investment.
iii. To check whether taxes to the government has been properly paid or not.
iv. To check whether interest of the workers are duly protected by the firm or not.
v. To check whether the fair trade practices are being adapted by the firm or not.
vi. To check whether interest of creditors and investors have been duly protected by the firm or not.
i. It helps to see that the relationship between the employer and employee is good.
ii. It reduces the cost of production and Improve the quality of product.
iv. It is applicable only to large scale organization rather than small ones.
Q17. What are the difference between cost audit and management audit?
Ans:- The following are the differences between cost audit and management audit:
Q18. Write the difference between cost audit and performance audit.
Ans:- The difference between cost audit and performance audit are given below:
Q19. Discuss the difference between cost audit and financial audit.
Ans:- The difference between cost audit and financial audit is discuss below: